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(Source: NTIA Internet Use Survey)

➢ 58% of the 24 million offline households express no interest or need to be online, and 18% say they can’t afford home internet.

➢ Households that cited “too expensive” as their barrier to getting online were more likely to have school-age children at home and identify as racial and ethnic minorities than those who weren’t interested in getting online.

➢ The mean price offline households wanted to pay for internet was $10/month.

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